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Dean Bair accused of pulling gun, yelling racial slurs at driver who cut him off

Port St. Lucie men tells police they were being harassed, suspect had AR-15

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Updated: 6:19 PM EDT Apr 9, 2013

Dean Bair is accused of pulling a gun and yelling racial slurs at the driver who cut him off.

Dean Bair accused of pulling gun, yelling racial slurs at driver who cut him off

Port St. Lucie men tells police they were being harassed, suspect had AR-15

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Updated: 6:19 PM EDT Apr 9, 2013

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. —

A Port St. Lucie man was arrested Monday after he flashed a gun and started yelling racial slurs at the driver who cut him off, police said.

"I was just like, 'Wow, don't shoot.' I was scared there for a second," said Tyriel Scott, who admitted to cutting off Dean Bair while driving on Port St. Lucie Boulevard with his passenger, Jabari Andrews.

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Scott said he rolled down his window and tried to apologize, but was instead greeted by racial slurs and a loaded handgun, police said.

Bair allegedly drove off, but Scott called police and followed him to get the license plate number. Three of Andrews' small daughters were crying in the back seat.

Scott said he followed Bair to Shea's Pub, and when Bair realized the men had followed him, he pointed a gun at them again, police said.

According to the police report, Andrews told Bair, "Go ahead and shoot me. I'm on the phone with police."

Andrews said Scott put the gun away, but then attacked him. Andrews admitted to fighting back.

At one point, the police report said, a patron from the pub came outside and joined in the fight.

Arnold Hashtani, who was arrested on a charge of simple battery, said he didn't witness the road rage incident, but he went outside to back up Bair.

Police said Bair admitted to pulling the gun, but said he was being harassed. Police said that when they searched Bair's pickup truck, they found a Glock semi-automatic handgun and an AR-15 assault rifle.

Bair faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful exhibition of a firearm during an altercation, as well as concealed weapons charges.